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The fifteen essays in this volume, in honour of Prof. C. T. Kurien, former Director of Madras Institute of Development Studies, make a critical assessment of India’s growth performance and its implications over the last decade and a half.
Examining the key features of India’s economic development, the volume addresses critical issues concerning food inflation, agricultural performance, labour markets, social infrastructure, climate change, governance, ...
Rural diversification, the strategy adopted since the eighth Plan as a means for employment generation and income augmentation, becomes still more important in the emerging economic context with a premium on value-addition, productivity, market-orientation, and safety net. Rural diversification, when conceived properly, forms an innate part of rural transformation and has dimensions such as crop, livestock, and occupational (employment and income) ...